What Else What Else? Have you been listening to The Chicks’ album Gaslighter? It’s SO good! And so gossipy, as all great art should be. A lot of the gossip, of course, is about Natalie Maines’s divorce from Adrian Pasdar and whether or not he cheated on her on her boat. And By Lainey • Jul 24, 2020 04:11 pm
Jennifer Lopez JLo’s Hamptons Birthday Today is Jennifer Lopez’s birthday and I only know that because I wanted to post about her today and remembered her birthday is some time in July but didn’t recall exactly when and when I googled, I was like…holy sh-t, what timing! But now I’m surprised By Lainey • Jul 24, 2020 03:09 pm
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Ben-Ana for the weekend! Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas haven’t been on an LA walk together since the beginning of the month. They did go on a trip to Portugal together though and he was the one who took the picture of her with her new puppy, Salsa, so there really shouldn’ By Lainey • Jul 24, 2020 02:46 pm
Music Taylor Swift’s folklore strategy and secrets “I’m doing good. I’m on some new sh-t.” That’s how Taylor Swift’s new album folklore opens, the opening lyrics to the opening track, “the 1”. It’s a promise she’s made before. And it’s a promise she hasn’t quite kept …until now. After By Lainey • Jul 24, 2020 11:58 am
TV Updates Intro for July 24, 2020 Dear Gossips, It’s Friday. And for me these last few weeks, as I’ve been saying the last couple of weeks, Fridays are both relief and high anxiety. Because my favourite series airs on the weekends and it becomes about how to kill the time until Netflix posts the By Lainey • Jul 24, 2020 09:27 am
What Else What Else? “Alright stop. Collaborate and listen. Ice is back with a brand new invention.” A biopic. I had no idea there was one in the works. I had no idea this was an untold story that needed telling – but here we are, it’s happening, and David Silver is not playing By Lainey • Jul 23, 2020 04:04 pm
Music Taylor’s folklore timing Wanted to put this in a separate post so that we could focus properly on the speculative drama. As mentioned earlier, Taylor Swift announced this morning that she’s surprise-dropping a new album tonight. Timing is always a factor where gossip is concerned, especially now that we’re living in By Lainey • Jul 23, 2020 11:47 am
Relationship Assumption Demi Lovato is Engaged Demi Lovato and Max Ehrich were first confirmed to be dating in March, right after pandemic happened in North America. It was definitely a case of Fast Flames™: celebrity romances are often accelerated because they don’t have the mundane, logistical barriers that civilians have when it comes to pursuing By Lainey • Jul 23, 2020 11:12 am
Music Taylor Swift is coming Taylor Swift just made a surprise announcement on Instagram. Like so many other people, she’s been super quiet for months during the pandemic. And it turns out she wrote and recorded an entire album that’s dropping tonight called folklore. This is her eighth album, coming less than a By Lainey • Jul 23, 2020 10:29 am
Marcus and Friends (dogs) Ana … finally I think at this point it’s been over two weeks since Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas have been papped together on a dog walk or a donut/coffee run in LA. Their outings had become a COVID-19 gossip routine for us and while they did seem to have By Lainey • Jul 23, 2020 09:51 am
Music Intro for July 23, 2020 Dear Gossips, BLACKPINK in your area! When BLACKPINK released their latest smash hit “How You Like That” at the end of June, it set the YouTube record for the most views in 24 hours with 86.3 million. The video currently has over 300 million views. And remember, there’s By Lainey • Jul 23, 2020 09:12 am
What Else What Else? Did you hear how Donald Trump answered a question about Ghislaine Maxwell? I mean…. there are some people who are like, ugh, how dare he wish her well or as IF he doesn’t know more about the situation and others who actually thought he was being “brave” by wishing By Lainey • Jul 22, 2020 04:35 pm
Show Your Work Podcast Show Your Work: The “Jung”-ian Art of the Celebrity Profile On this episode of Show Your Work, Duana and I celebrate the work of E Alex Jung whose celebrity profiles we have discussed multiple times on our podcast and who I have gushed over consistently. Two of EAJ’s profiles have gotten a lot of attention recently: his piece on By Lainey • Jul 22, 2020 03:48 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Alicia and Michael’s quiet three years Alicia Vikander and Michael Fassbender were married almost three years ago this coming October in Ibiza. They were photographed in Ibiza this week on holiday with friends – noteworthy because they keep a pretty low profile and apparently moved to Portugal a couple of years ago. Michael also stepped back from By Lainey • Jul 22, 2020 03:23 pm
Music BTS and the iHeartRadio Music Festival The iHeartRadio Music Festival happens every year over two nights in September in Las Vegas. This is the tenth anniversary and due the pandemic, live music events aren’t an option anymore. Variety confirmed yesterday however that plans are now in place to continue with the festival virtually, Ryan Seacrest By Lainey • Jul 22, 2020 02:39 pm
Amazingness Martha Stewart: Thirst Trap Living One of the keys to a great social media moment is the element of surprise. Millions of thirst traps happen every day on Instagram. These days, people are so parched, it’s hard for one thirst trap to truly distinguish itself and when it does, it’s because it’s By Lainey • Jul 22, 2020 11:03 am
